Grand Theatre (Le), Bordeaux

Advantages: ***
Disadvantages: ***

...make you shiver with emotion. Among those monuments you'll find the famous Quinconces Square, said to be the biggest open square in Europe, but each city seems to have its biggest square either you take rather this or that aspect into account. So... However, the place is remarkable because it leads onto the river and is enclosed by two high columns representing the doors of the city and holding the symbols of it. Moreover, the other end of the square is occupied by an even huger column, the so-called Girondins' column, with a very stong historical dimension for it represents the political fight for freedom held during the French Revolution, the fight against Terror. I also want to speak of the Grand Théâtre, that has never been a theater however, but an time to time pera and a political court. Now it contains a posh restaurant... Read review

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Advantages: culture and wine
Disadvantages: some places are dirty

...At the gates of the greatest vintages of the world, at some miles of the Atlantic Ocean, Bordeaux put a point of honor to develop its exceptional architectural and cultural heritage. Such point that it was indicated " Town of Art " by the ministry for the Culture in 1978. This reward, perfectly justified, makes it possible to guess the extent of the monuments, museums, rooms of art or places which make the pride of the capital of Aquitaine. During my many voyages, I was brought to discover in-depth this city, and eager to share my knowledge with the ciao users, I propose one to you strolls " virtual " of Bordeaux. In a slapping of finger, I send to you on the great place of the Quincunxes which dominates the quays of Bordeaux. Such your guide, I open the gates of Bordeaux to you (I yes hope for that I did not forget... Read review

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Advantages: Beautiful, lots going on, many shops
Disadvantages: Lots of graffiti

...I vistied Bordeuax in the summer for the Bristol-Bordeaux exchange. This consisted of me going to Bordeaux for two weeks trying to improve my French. It worked! there is a lot of great features in Bordeaux. the airoport was the first thing i saw. It was very clean and ran on time. I then was on the road where you see all the vine yards and big houses. the only bad thing was the amount of grafiti. this was probably becasue i was driving through a bad suburb. The shops in Bordeaux are very good with a huge selection of shops. The main shopping street is about 1km long (well so i was told.) they had all the good English shops which were a little cheaper. Those of you who know how much Quicksilver costs will be suprised that you could buy shirts for 5euro about 3-4 pounds. Then they had my favourite shop which i think should... Read review

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